Ideal for beginning developers who are eager to create native applications for Apple's mobile devices, this full-color guide walks you through the core building blocks of iPhone and iPad application development, including new features such as iCloud Programming, Twitter integration, importing and exporting documents from within your iOS applications, the new Xcode® 4, multitasking features, location-based services, the notification system, and more. You'll quickly discover that this book is replete with everything you need in order to confidently build your first iPhone or iPad application.

Beginning iOS 5 Application Development:

Establishes a strong foundation for getting started with iOS 5 programming

Walks you through responding to and handling device rotations as well as the different types of screen orientations

Shows how to use the various application templates: Tabbed, Master-Detail, Single View, and Utility

Explores techniques for using the table view in a Master-Detail application

Shares advice for file handling and database storage

Covers ways to access the various sensors and recognize a variety of gestures

Shows how to build Location-Based Services applications using Google Maps, reverse geocoding, adding annotations, and more

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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